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Judge Allows Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond To Stand Another 90 Days

Jon Brown
Judge Allows Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond To Stand Another 90 Days
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A judge issued an injunction on Monday that blocks Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from removing a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from state property in Richmond for another 90 days.

According to The Associated Press, Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant dismissed a lawsuit filed by a descendant of someone who signed the 1890 deed that transferred ownership of the statue to the state, but he also forbade the state from taking the statue down.

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